Asian Update – Markets Await Fed, Oil And Gold Higher On 25bps Cut
The US dollar is mixed against major pairs ahead of the end Fed’s FOMC meeting. The Fed is set to deliver the first interest rate cut in 10 years, lowering the benchmark rate by 25 basis points. A deeper cut...
Was the Fed’s Rate Hike in December a “Policy Mistake”?
Executive Summary Some analysts now criticize the Fed’s December 2018 rate hike as a “policy mistake”.1 In our previous three reports, we developed a framework to analyze the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and private sector forecast behavior.2 In this...
The Pound Collapsed To Hstorically Low Levels
GBPUSD The British pound was sold out on growing fears of a potential ‘no deal’ Brexit. GBPUSD declined by 2% to 1.2130. Below these levels, the pair traded for only a few hours during the period from October 2016 to...
MARKET WRAP: US Stocks Closed Lower; Boris Takes Hard Stance On Brexit
S&P eased from its record high while Pound plunged to multi-year low. Stocks The S&P 500 Index fell the pressure of tech heavyweights which failed to impress Wall Street. The index dropped 0.29% as of 15:19 London time; the Nasdaq...
US Open – Trade Talks, Hong Kong, Oil, And Gold
Ahead of a pivotal update on trade and the biggest FOMC meeting of the year, the S&P 500 is struggling to deliver any significant moves following last week’s record high close. Trade may dominate the headlines today and the bar...
The Weekly Bottom Line: Summertime and the Policy’s Easy
U.S. Highlights Markets had no summer vacation this week, with a new British PM, dovish message from the European Central Bank, and new U.S. GDP data to digest. Advanced economy central banks are all sounding dovish, with the Bank of...
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary: Strong Consumption Won’t Stop Fed from Cutting
U.S. Review Strong Consumption Won’t Stop Fed from Cutting Real GDP growth slowed to a 2.1% annualized pace in the second quarter, but exceeded expectations of a 1.8% rise. The 4.3% surge in personal consumption was the strongest gain since...
Week Ahead: FOMC, BOE and NFP
The week ahead features interest rate decisions from the Bank of Japan, US Federal Reserve and Bank of England, as well as top their data culminating in US jobs report on Friday. On a micro level, there will be plenty...
Forward Guidance: Fed Rate Cut to Overshadow Lacklustre Canadian Data
Next week is a busy one on both sides of the border, headlined by Canada’s monthly GDP report and a highly-anticipated rate announcement from the Fed. The former is unlikely to impress but shouldn’t change the narrative around a Q2...
Cliff Notes: Monetary Policy, by Conventional and Unconventional Means
Key insights from the week that was. A very quiet week for data saw the spotlight again fall on central banks, particularly the RBA and ECB. This week, there were two speakers from the RBA: first Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)...
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